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' mountable wheels.

lmtented HENRY dl JHVUU'SE, .'l'lle't., Olli' BlUlPlEMU, VDRK, MSIE-@NOR TU WJIRJE 'WHEEL CIOlEtlEO- NATION @It ERCflt, UJF W'lE'll'dtlLU, NEW YUllitM, El. CURPlft/ATJIUN OF NEWgYORllK.

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.application tiled Eleptember 2t, w19. aerial No.' 325,@52.

To all fw hom t may concer-1t:

Be it known that' l, HENRY A. lldloUsr., Junior, a citizen of the vllnited States, and resident of lualo, Erie County, State of New -Yorlc, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Wheels, of Vwhich the following is a specification.

rll"`his invention relates to` an improvement in Wheels and particularly to an improvementin the hub shell construction of derllhe type of hub shell shown 'in' my application Serial No. Waal liled February l0, 1916, has the driving portion embodied in the shell. While this type has proven verv satisfactory it is desired to lighten the shell and to provide a separate element which Wiltembody the driving portion and also have a stiffening function.

@ne object of this inventionl is to provide a hub shell with means for reinforcing or stifening the innerend of the shell.

Another obiect of this invention is to pro'-v 'vide a hub shell With separate means em-V bodying the necessary driving portion of the `Wheel thus permittingl the formation of a light but rigid'shell. y

lFurther objects of this invention will ap pear from an examination of the specification and drawings.

Referringf tothe drawings which form a part of the specification; Figure l. shows a longitudinal cross section `of a hub shell embodying this invention; and

Figure 2. is a detail enlarged section of the spoke hole formation.

rll`he hub shell l preferably of pressed steel has a bell'shaped inner end 2. Within this end is inserted an annular member 3 of shape in cross section. 1

'llhe outer bend a of the member 3 fits closely against the inner surface of the hub shell while the inner bend 5 contacts with the hub shell at its end only.

Un the bend 5 are provided segments 6 which coact with corresponding segments on an inner hub (not shown) in the manner dlsclosed in the application referred to above.

Spolre holes 7 are provided in the shell l and member 8 through Which spokes 8 are laced. As shown in Fig. 2 the spoke hole 7 into which the head 10 ofthe spoke fits. A similar enlargement ll is provided for the front spokes 12 which as here shown arelaced intothe hub shell.

rl`he E shape of the annular member forms, as Will be apparent from an examination, a truss action preventing the collapse of the bell ,shaped end 2 of the shell.

A flange l13 turned down beyond the bend d positions the member 3 longitudinally in place. While' th'e spokes 8 will hold the annular member a ainst rotation it may prove desirable towel the member in place.

Une form only of this invention has been described it is obvious however, that other embodiments may be made Without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the annexed claims.

' ll claimm V1.The combination with a hub shell, of

an annular member, of Z form in cross seclis provided with an enlarged inner end 9 

